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By HAL BERNTON | The Seattle Times | Published: March 11, 2021 SEATTLE (Tribune News Service) Clothes got laundered, mattresses replaced and pesticides sprayed as the Navy waged war against a stubborn infestation of bedbugs that found their way onto a nuclear-powered submarine homeported in the Bremerton area. Navy entomologists now certify that all feasible measures have been taken to control the infestation and have recommended repopulation of berthing, according to a statement from Cmdr. Cindy Fields, a public affairs officer for the Naval Submarine Forces Pacific. This campaign aboard the USS Connecticut has included laying down diatomaceous dust to draw insects out of hiding and into contact with this deadly countermeasure, according to the statement.
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